At a meeting of the Justices of the Peace held on the 7th inst. to consider an application for " publican's licence for the remises formerly known as the Grand fotd, and which it is proposed to call the Central Hotel, in consequence of the bad report made by the Police on the character of the applicant, and the remarks of the presiding magistrate on the inadequacy of the present system to secure sufficient knowledge of the applicants for licences, the Justices passed a resolution requesting him to lay the opinions he had expressed before the Government. In the interests of the soldiers and sailors, I am strongly of opinion that licences should only be granted to men of unimpeachable character, and that the liquors sold in these places should be frequently subjected to analysis by the Government. It is bad for Tommy Atkins and Jack Tar to get drunk, but the effects are tenfold worse when intoxication is produced by poisonous liquors, I should like to see any man's licence promptly taken away for selling adulterated beer or spirits, and a heavy fine inflicted upon the seller or importer of the same.
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